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This ruling closely follows somewhat the argument that most of us have regarding the banning laws for reptiles. I think there are reasonable similarities.

Waiting for a video on todays PBS Newshour segment, but here is the link to The Newshour for now. Some info.

Link

jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

Should say:

"This ruling follows somewhat..."

jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

Amazing that such a great ruling can come from the same court which gave us some of the amaqzingly bad rulings of recent years (e.g. "Corporate Personhood)....
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

Similarities between gun rights and reptile keeping rights, admittedly no 2nd Amendment issue with reptile keeping, but the opposing strategy as characterized by Wayne LaPierre in the interview was very similar to what is happening to herp keepers now.

Not a self defense issue, but a "man's house is his castle", 4th Amendment, "reasonable expectation of privacy" issue. And possibly a 9th Amendment issue.

jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

John & Brad,

And throw in the 5th Amendment (private property)...

What's interesting that it was a 5-4 decision! One more Supreme like Ginsberg, Soto-Mayor and now Ragan and it’ll be a 4-5 decision to reverse…Remember it was this court just a few years ago that rendered a 4-5 decision to reverse eminent domain…Which required congressional action (as specified in the Constitution and described in the Federalist) to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision…Because it was congress that acted, the eminent domain case cannot be reversed (prevent future action under the same legal precedent) and therefore, the government (local) was able to “take” private land for tax purposes (ncreased revenue of business taxes versus property taxes)…

The Founder’s put the 2nd Amendment there to ensure the 1st Amendment…

Later,
Jim.

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CSRAJim